GM is currently testing an EV battery that should give 180 mile or better range. If it continues to test well we’re looking a short time to great range. And there are other batteries coming out of the lab.

<20, 90% recharging is already what happens in a Level 3 charger. Can't rapid charge the last 10% without damaging the battery.

You are correct that right now, at this specific point in time, you can drive all day in a gasmobile with only a single stop for fuel. You can do the same only in the Tesla EV and you’ll have to take a longer time to recharge. But that’s not likely the future of EVs.

We soon should have ~180 mile range EVs that will recharge 90% in < 20 minutes. That means the ability to drive over 500 miles with two modest stops. About the same number one is going to take driving a gasmobile. (One for fuel, one for food.)

If someone drives 500 miles every day that extra charging time might be something they wouldn't want to do. But for most people the much lower 'per mile' cost of driving an EV would more than make up for the slight inconvenience.

If you're saving thousands of dollars on fuel and maintenance then stopping a bit more for charging, or even renting a gasmobile, is a reasonable tradeoff.

Perhaps you aren't old enough to remember the 1980s and early personal computers. They were amazing slow and horribly expensive compared to today's computers. The same holds for cell phones, digital cameras, and other new technologies. They start out limited and expensive and they improve as their prices drop.

It's valid for you to say that none of today's EVs meet your needs. None of them meet mine. But to assume that tomorrow's EVs won't be better and cheaper would be setting yourself up for failure.

If you’d rather spend more money per mile, that’s your decision. If you’d rather stop at gas stations to fill up than plug in at night or park over a wireless charger, again, your decision.

None of us really care what you drive. You and burn piles of $100 bills if it makes you happy. Everyone needs a hobby.

If you want to play bad-boy and engage in name calling you will be banned.

Comments that are not related to the conversation are often tossed in the trash by the housekeeper.

The housekeeper is also not tolerant of all-caps posts and gratuitous name calling.

To use us a set of EV batteries in 5 years would mean driving at least 20,000 miles a year, 100,000 miles total.

In a 25 MPG gasmobile you’d spend $14,360 for gas at $3.59/gallon.

In a 50 MPG hybrid you’d spend $7,180 for gas at $3.59/gallon.

100,000 miles in an EV would cost you $3,900 for electricity at $0.13/kWh.

So $3,280, minimum, more for fuel for a hybrid. Add in 20? oil changes at $30, $600? And an extra brake rebuild along with all the other routine maintenance costs for the gasmobile and you’re well over $4,000.

High mileage drivers, people who put on more than the average 13k per year are the ones who really benefit from driving electrics.